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Happy to help if you need playtest feedback.
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do you know any other Sci-fi Smutress ?Apropos of nothing may I just say that it's an utter delight to have our favorite Sci-fi Smutress back!
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That's really kind of you to offer but I have three testers in place which is probs enough to check to see if it works. (after all it may not, my score on mini games so far is designed two, scrapped two!).
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The tricky thing with them I find is to not make them a waste of time.
So for example in Chapter One, when the MC goes outside there was a small wiring mini-game. Connect the wires in the right order sort of thing. Blah blah. It looked good and played smoothly...but it had no point y'know?
If you failed, well you just reloaded and tried again. Where was the fun?
Hopefully this one is different as, regardless, it's not about the successful completion in order to progress.
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ok... the day has come.... after 5 months I can finally say it.... you messed up a bit. that was a great idea.
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I dunno, I found it dull!
I had something on the same basis in chapter two too in the plant room, but I don't like it where I have to do X to progress. I'd much rather let the player be able to move on regardless (now if they want to reload and see what happens that's a different matter of course)
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it worked in Mass Effect 2I dunno, I found it dull!
I had something on the same basis in chapter two too in the plant room, but I don't like it where I have to do X to progress. I'd much rather let the player be able to move on regardless (now if they want to reload and see what happens that's a different matter of course)
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In all honesty, it didn't "work" as much as it was just there. Mass Effect is my favorite game saga (original much ?), but it sure wasn't for their mini games ^^
I hate to say it, but I have to disagree, that was the straw that broke the camel's back for me on that game, lol. The dialogue wheel was bad enough, but the lock picking minigame was not worth my time.
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It's obviously down to preference, but I just get frustrated if I'm enjoying a game and then hit a road block because I have to have the skillz to do a particular thing that the dev wants me to do (which may or may not be well designed).
I'd much rather have the ability to progress regardless of the outcome - that way no one is held up y'know.
So, if you win or lose playing Sarah ...it should still be fun and won't bring the game to a halt. But we'll see what the testers think once I've finished tweaking it a bit more.
I'd much rather have the ability to progress regardless of the outcome - that way no one is held up y'know.
So, if you win or lose playing Sarah ...it should still be fun and won't bring the game to a halt. But we'll see what the testers think once I've finished tweaking it a bit more.
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ThankeesYou are killing me with these super sexy blondes...
You do realise that there are some gals you ain't seen yet...*wiggles eyebrows*
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*looks around to ensure no one else is listening*You are killing me with these super sexy blondes...
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Look at her, being coy, hiding behind that shield like that.
Minigames can theoretically be a good Idea IF they enhance the Immersion of a game. Sadly most of the time they are just there to mask a lack of actual content.
And workflow-wise it's just a simple question: In the time it takes me to program the minigame, could I be doing something else (eg. create another scene) and would that be more worthwhile? If yes, then no minigame.
So in essence: Having a Minigame in a game should be the exception, not the rule.
And workflow-wise it's just a simple question: In the time it takes me to program the minigame, could I be doing something else (eg. create another scene) and would that be more worthwhile? If yes, then no minigame.
So in essence: Having a Minigame in a game should be the exception, not the rule.
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